“Business will forever be a platform for people to exchange value. People are largely unpredictable, and value is largely subjective. This is the space where humans will always outperform AI – the space where active management will always be necessary.”
Source: Investing, The Permaculture Way: Mayflower-Plymouth's 12 Principles of Permaculture Investing
“We believe that capital must be cared for – stewarded.”
Source: Investing, The Permaculture Way: Mayflower-Plymouth's 12 Principles of Permaculture Investing
“All stakeholders should benefit from the capital we allocate in our portfolio, on a net value add basis.”
Source: Investing, The Permaculture Way: Mayflower-Plymouth's 12 Principles of Permaculture Investing
“Being net value adders puts us better positioned for long-term growth and longevity – because in the long term, capital flows to net value adders.”
Source: Investing, The Permaculture Way: Mayflower-Plymouth's 12 Principles of Permaculture Investing
“It is imperative to acquire assets at a financial cost that is less than their value. Timing the purchase based on changes in the marketplace or other factors may present great opportunity to widen the margin between cost and value.”
Source: Investing, The Permaculture Way: Mayflower-Plymouth's 12 Principles of Permaculture Investing
“A lot of folks look to non-profits as platforms to solve major societal scale problems. But the major capital allocators like banks, Hedge Funds, Venture Capital firms and so forth - these are the kinds of ent that have the capacity to affect real change.”
“A lot of folks look to non-profits as platforms to solve major societal scale problems. But the major capital allocators like banks, Hedge Funds, Venture Capital firms and so forth - these are the kinds of entities that have the capacity to affect real change.”
“There are nine key elements to business leadership – authenticity, vision, standards, teamwork, magnetism, victory, competence, love, and influence.”
Source: Business Leadership: The Key Elements
“In most cases, lenders are not interested in owning the collateral itself – they are only interested in the cash value of the collateral.”
Source: Capital Acquisition: Small Business Considerations for How to Get Financing
“…people will always choose hope and goodness and love. And at the end of the day, aren’t those the only good things that really matter?”
Source: Good People